Comparing The Alien And Forgotten Planet By Doug Delanty

These scholars, in their quest for excellence both revert back to simplicity. In both works children, and child-like thought are exalted. Emerson is awes at the freedom of a child, seeing it as god-like independence. He says a child conforms to no one, but rather all conform to the child. Whitman speaks of the wonder of a child contemplating what grass is.

Some discoveries may be the result of significant experiences that one undergoes. In moving on from these experiences, the discoveries can be provoked and have the ability to open the eyes of individuals. Gwen Harwood’s “Father and Child” explores the growth and maturation of a child. Harwood shows the juxtaposition between innocence and maturity and the way that discovering this deepens the perception one has of the world. The

Letting go of the child whom one nourished from birth is challenging. When the mother senses her child drifting away and sees her child at the gateway to independence, who once ran to meet her when the she picked up from school, the mother is heartbroken and feels depressed. However, the mother’s love exceeds the bounds of anguish and disappointment. The mother considers what’s best for the child and “says nothing” when the child is making his or her own choices (54). Johnnie Dent Jr. once said, “As parents we have a tendency to be overprotective; it's okay to try and show them all positives, but we cannot forget that the real world has teeth” (Dent Jr.). This convoluted relationship and mother’s train of thoughts are carefully described through appropriate allusion, syntax, and symbols in the poem. As the poem suggests, silently watching the child make life choices and wishing the best for the child could be an effective parenting method for growth in the

Throughout the poem, a young boy's curiosity takes control of a relationship with his father, as it reveals his regretful combative past. The boy asks questions repeatedly from many different aspects including, “why we dropped the bomb on those two towns in Japan” “where is Saipan” “Where is Okinawa” “where is the pacific” (Fairchild 5-16). The questions stand as the absences of order and by all means, progress, no answers mean no progress. As the questions continue the speaker describes the father and says “the palm of his hand slowly tapping the arm of a lawn chair,” (Fairchild 7-8). The slow tapping equivalent the slow buildup of anger and fear. Following, the speaker's description of the father’s face as his son continues mindlessly is “wooden” as his eyes freeze “like rabbits in headlights” (Fairchild 6-7). So small and helpless

Before having children, adults are just adults. They only have to worry about taking care of themselves. However, after having children, adults become parents. Unlike other adults, parents have added responsibilities with caring for themselves and now their children. Along with this comes endless worry for the children. In a parent's case, though, worrying is synonymous with loving, and as most parents know, it doesn’t waver. Throughout history, a parent's love has been captured in books like My Sister’s Keeper and in films like Everything, Everything. In “The Pediatrician Retires” by Sharon Olds, repetition is utilized in coordination with kinesthetic imagery and indirect characterization to illustrate the unending, yet rewarding life of parenting.

Furthermore, the illustrations paint a beautiful picture that I like to think is an insight into a child’s mind, which I is a key element in this book and what makes it so great. Since the book is narrated by a child the intentional simplicity of the words and the controlled chaos that is the illustrations breathes unadulterated life into a rather normal children’s book.

The poem "Where Children Live" by Naomi Shihab Nye contrasts the effects and interests of adults to children by using visual imagery. Children have positive effects on a home because they have a “pleasant rumpledness” (line 1). The imperfections that result from children are endearing. In adulthood, there are no "lost shoes blooming under bushes" or "chipped trucks in the drive" (lines 8-9). The house is described as taking on a new face that is serious and "dignified" (line 7). The freedoms of childhood are lost when one matures; adults prefer routines, relaxation, and “slow-motion back and forth” instead of constant rushing like children (line 10). Children’s hearts are “dressed in the coat with a hood” while adults’ hearts take on “gloves

Have you ever read a book and watched the movie of it after and had that moment when

In the poem ‘Moon’, Kathleen Jamie explores themes of abandonment, loneliness and disconnection. She does this by utilizing a clearly dysfunctional relationship between a mother and child. The child replaces the either mentally or physically absent mother with the presence of the moon. To explore the emotional distance between child and mother, the author uses dark and light imagery to empathize the child’s loneliness and to evoke the scene of a parent visiting they child late at night. Personification of inanimate objects illustrates the detrimental effects the unavailable mother has on the child’s mental wellbeing. The poem ends with dialogue from the protagonist, the child, pointing out that the moon is not her mother, as if to be

Have you ever been consumed by strong, bitter disappointment brought on by the belief that your work was not good enough? Poet Anne Bradstreet felt the same feeling, as described in her poem "The Author to Her Book. " She focuses on the creative process, relating her final work to children. As any artist would know, the hard work and effort put into a poem, story, or painting is similar to that of raising a child – giving it life and affection. There is also the more negative aspect of this, feeling as if you aren't doing a good enough job, that your work is inadequate.

Wright’s “Mother to Child” is organized into four stanzas that each represent a different stage of motherhood. The first stanza represents the woman becoming aware that she is pregnant. We can

"My last night of childhood began with a visit home (Butler, 1995, p. 1).” In her short story Bloodchild, Octavia Butler presents the story of a boy named Gan raised in a dystopian society where two different species depend on each other to survive. From a psychological point of view, childhood is a process that marks a big part of your life. In Freud's subconscious theory, different events can be compared with the growth of Gan: the human mind structured as an iceberg, the memories of Gan and the last day of his childhood.

In the beginning of the story, Aliens have just landed on planet Earth, hoping for untapped resources and opportunities. Unfortunately, the current President of the United States, Jennifer Richard II does not trust the Aliens and automatically feels threatened. Without any rational reasoning, she bans the Aliens to a specialized prison because of her prejudices and poor trust right after the first sign of contact. The protagonist Savy, hears about this on the news and thinks that she can make a difference. She gathers up her brother Benjamin and her friends Brent, Monica, and Saarah to develop a plan.

In Shepard’s Buried Child, there are many twists and turns that have the reader wondering and wanting more. Buried Child can be similar to classic plays such as Oedipus Rex, where Shepard includes the theme of incest. He has also included many symbolic objects and Native American symbols of renewal with the large quantity of

To explain my passion for space, you have to revert to childlike wonder. It isn’t just a love for the stars above, but also an endless awe for them. I am entranced by its many mysteries, by the lack of knowledge we have for it. I have never thought of a specific profound moment that I have had from my passion with astronomy and astrophysics because, frankly, it has always been profound. Past the ceiling of my room,